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vibrate
English
Etymology
From Latin vibr?tus, perfect passive participle of vibr? (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /va??b?e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?va?.b?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)
- (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- (intransitive) To resonate.
- Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
- (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
- to vibrate a sword or a staff
- (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
- a pendulum vibrating seconds
- (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
- 1961, Congressional Record
- […] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
vibrate (uncountable)
- The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
- Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
Translations
Further reading
- vibrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vibrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- vrbaite
Italian
Verb
vibrate
- second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
- second-person plural imperative of vibrare
- feminine plural of vibrato
Anagrams
- brevità, trabevi
Latin
Verb
vibr?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of vibr?
vibrate From the web:
- what vibrates
- what vibrates to produce electromagnetic waves
- what vibrates to make sound
- what vibrates with expired air
- what vibrates to produce sound
- what vibrates in the ear
- what vibrates to produce voice
- what vibrates when you talk
evibrate
English
Etymology
From Latin evibrare. See vibrate.
Verb
evibrate (third-person singular simple present evibrates, present participle evibrating, simple past and past participle evibrated)
- (obsolete) To vibrate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cockeram to this entry?)
Anagrams
- breviate
evibrate From the web:
- what vibrates
- what vibrates in the ear
- what vibrates to make sound
- what vibrates to produce electromagnetic waves
- what vibrates the oval window
- what vibrates in your house
- what vibrates in percussion instruments
- what vibrates when a cat purrs
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